United States v. Staples’s Empirical Analysis
85 F.3d 461 · 1996
Citation profile
70 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 844 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Bailey v. United States · United States v. Lopez · Michel v. United States · United States v. Riascos-Suarez · United States v. Hernandez
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'about' [the defendant's] person, within reach and immediately available for use.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whoever, during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime ... for which he may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, uses or carries a firearm, shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, be sentenced to imprisonment for five years....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]his means the firearm must have been immediately available for use by the defendant.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.